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Jan 15-31, 1999
Cover Story
India's economic growth has come at a terrible price. In two decades, while the GDP more than doubled, vehicular pollution increased eight times over and industrial pollution by four times. But policy makers have consistently underscored the cost of death and disease due to environmental degeneration. The country is only now learning that wealth that comes at the cost of health is hollow. An extensive and exclusive study on the rise in pollution load, conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment, assesses the ugly side of economic growth
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News
Biological issues took precedence over all others at the recently-held science congress in Chennai
NASA's latest project will unearth the secrets of the Red Planet
A move to limit the use of ozone-depleting substances is on the anvil
The countdown to phase-out noisy planes in the US has begun
In its pamphlet, the EPA underplays the health risks due to pesticides
If you want better genes, arranged marriage is the answer
The government recognises that the groundwater table is falling
A new draft of the Union for Protection of New Plants Varieties protects the rights of the farmers
Interview
Daphne Wysham is the co-author of a recent report, The World Bank and the G-7: Changing the Earth's Climate for Business . She is al...
Science & Technology
If global warming continues, polar ice caps will melt, wiping nations off our planet
Giant redwood trees seem to water their own habitat
Experts debate the phasing out of methyl bromide, a chemical with potent ozone-depleting qualities
It seems that cleanliness has been overrated
The computer makes brain surgery a lot easier
Scientists say the rise in sea levels in 1998 may have been due to El Nio
The biggest icy continent was rocked by a huge volcanic eruption
A revolutionary technology could make ultralight -- and utrathin -- laptops and TVs a reality
...so let's make some money
Analysis
Air, water and soil: all have varying amounts of toxic heavy metals. Gradually, they are entering the human body through the food chain. Down To Earth reports on the extent of the problem in India
Special Report
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification is a non-starter. Administrative and financial matters get the better of any serious attempts to deal with global desertification. Though the desert is expanding, the North is not interested
Monsanto talks too much. Misinformed activists rush in to burn fields in protest against the company. And India's government authorities, sitting in smug silence, do little to clear the confusion. The science of biotechnology gets a bad name
Life & Nature
To reduce human-animal conflict, a 14-km-long wall will be built along the southern border of Corbett Tiger Reserve. But wall will cost Rs 4.5 crore, is not a very sound idea, feels a senior forest offcial.
The Fortnight
The year 1998 saw a record production of wind energy
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Crosscurrent
By conducting nuclear tests, India was only asserting its sovereignty. Now, if it gives in to US pressure tactics, it will tantamount to begging forgiveness for a wrong it never committed
Good job bringing this to light. People won't realise how huge the problem is and municipalities are woefully ill equipped to...
Agreed; mining can never be sustainable, but then how do you get the metals to make all the things you need in the course of...
Very good piece.